On 10/13/2016 03:23 PM, ellie timoney via Cyrus-devel wrote:
I think some of the confusion comes from the fact that the setting
name -- "archive max size" -- very strongly implies (incorrectly)
something like "the largest size of message that will be archived" /
"messages larger than this will not be archived at all". It takes a
fair bit of attentive reading to overcome that initial implication and
reach the correct understanding, that "messages larger than this will
be archived immediately, without waiting for archive_days".
But I haven't thought of a better name for this setting either.
My training is originally in both software engineering and Technical
Communications and this sounds like a REALLY good argument for changing
the name of the setting. "max_size_delayed_archive" -- where are they
held if not archived immediately? "max_size_cached_before_archiving" ?
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016, at 09:11 AM, Carlos Velasco via Cyrus-devel wrote:
Bron,
IMHO, it makes sense when you know how it works, or when you develop
the sentence, but the part "won't be archived immediately" is
confusing. Sorry I am not native english and this could count, I got
confused about the text that's because I had to look into code.
Mmm... I have used right now the (infamous) google translator to
check if I am wrong, and translation to spanish (my native) is:
"El tamaño en kilobytes del mensaje más grande que no será archivada
de inmediato"
Believe me... it is backwards :(
What about something like this instead?
The size, if greater or equal, in kilobytes of the message that will
be archived immediately regardless of archive_days setting. Default
is 1Mb
Regards,
Carlos Velasco
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Subject: Re: [Cyrus Imap 3.0] Doc wrong archive_maxsize
From: Bron Gondwana via Cyrus-devel
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Date: 13/10/2016 23:50:11
How is that backwards? (apart from the >= rather than > maybe) If
it's bigger than that, then return 1 (archive now), otherwise don't.
On Fri, 14 Oct 2016, at 04:56, Carlos Velasco via Cyrus-devel wrote:
Hi,
I was testing latest beta of 3.0 and see this new setting:
===
archive_maxsize: 1024
The size in kilobytes of the largest message that *won’t* be
archived immediately. Default is 1Mb
===
Looking into code this is backwards:
imap/mailbox.c
/* always archive big messages */
if (record->size >= maxsize)
return 1;
